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steffi

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Jun 7, 2003
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So, I used Migration Assistant to transfer old files/apps etc from my Time Machine backup onto my new MBP

Does anybody know whether it's suppose to carry over /Library/Receipts for those things that it brought over? For instance I had XCode 3.1.1 installed but I don't have any of those receipts in /Library/Receipts but it came across.

What is the difference b/w using Migration Assistant like this and install the whole OS again from Time Machine backup? I suspect the later isn't wise since the MBP's have custom build but I assume that Migration Assistant has the smarts to know the newer apps/frameworks etc win over the older ones.
 
I used it (for the first time) to transfer my user accounts. But I installed the OS and apps from scratch.
 
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